<p>I am currently doing IB Biology, in my junior year, and I take it at higher level.
I was thinking about whether I should do it for SAT II?
Is there anyone who's done IB Biology HL and then Bio SAT II? The problem for me is that the topics covered in SAT II Bio are more than those in IB (well, i think they are?) but i'm not completaly sure. Is studying for it myself too hard? Because where i live, there aren't any SAT prep courses, either for SAT I or SAT II. </p>
<p>i’m not very familiar with the IB program, but i did take AP bio this year and got a 5. i took the Bio-E SAT2 and got an 800. everyone who took AP bio did very well. assuming the courses are similar, you should do well on the SAT2</p>
<p>I took Bio M after honors bio in freshman year and I did fine (780) with only the PR Bio SAT II book. I don’t think it’ll be hard to study for it while taking IB Bio.</p>
<p>Buy a SAT II Bio book online at amazon. the ones from PR are easy to read and makes self studying painless. (i did same thing u did for chem and went 660-770)</p>
<p>I’ve taken IB Bio SL at least. the stuff you learn in that class well to me at least was completely useless for the Bio SAT. I ended up forgetting everything i learned in the IB bio class and instead read Barron’s SAT book to study and got a decent 780 on the test.</p>
<p>i don’t know about HL. So far from what i have seen from the HL materials i don’t think IB bio will help anyways. SAT tests on different things</p>
<p>I took Bio HL, got a 7, and did the Bio-M SAT 2 in october of my senior year. They are very very different, IB bio accounted for maybe 50% of all we had to know, maybe more depending on how much you’ve covered, but it doesnt help much. You basically have to self study it, and in the end after studying from princeton and barrons over 2-3 months I got a 750 which is decent-ish I guess</p>
<p>IB Bio at HL covers FAR more than SAT II Bio (and more than AP Bio). That being said, it’s up to your teacher what he or she covers in the first year, for instance, mine went in depth with ecology and evolution this year so I have to teach myself all the organismal biology stuff we are going to cover this year (too late for the SAT). I suggest buying the Barron’s book and trying to learn the material you have not covered. It sucks :(</p>
<p>What IB science should I take? I’m taking AP Bio this year, so maybe I will go on and choose IB Bio HL. Don’t we need 3 HLs to get an IB diploma?</p>
<p>Iceqube you will not get credit for both AP and IB same subject normally at college but check with the colleges you want to attend. </p>
<p>Iceqube take the hl courses that people do well on the IB test historically at your school and that are in subjects you really want to study. Getting a 2 on an hl test can be a killer and keep you from getting the diploma. If you get a 2 on an hl test you must score atleast a 28. Many kids at my dd school did not get the diploma even with a 24 because they missed something and sometimes it was the combination of score. </p>
<p>Article 15: Award of the IB diploma
15.1 All assessment components for each of the six subjects and the additional IB diploma requirements must
be completed in order to qualify for the award of the IB diploma, except under the conditions stipulated in
section VII “Special cases C: Incomplete assessment” of these general regulations.
15.2 The IB diploma will be awarded to a candidate whose total score is 24, 25, 26 or 27 points, provided all the
following requirements have been met.
a. Numeric grades have been awarded in all six subjects registered for the IB diploma.
b. All CAS requirements have been met.
General regulations: Diploma Programme
c. Grades A (highest) to E (lowest) have been awarded for both theory of knowledge and an extended
essay, with a grade of at least D in one of them.
d. There is no grade 1 in any subject.
e. There is no grade 2 at higher level.
f. There is no more than one grade 2 at standard level.
g. Overall, there are no more than three grades 3 or below.
h. At least 12 points have been gained on higher level subjects (candidates who register for four higher
level subjects must gain at least 16 points at higher level).
i. At least 9 points have been gained on standard level subjects (candidates who register for two standard
level subjects must gain at least 6 points at standard level).
j. The final award committee has not judged the candidate to be guilty of malpractice.
15.3 The IB diploma will be awarded to a candidate whose total score is 28 points or above, provided all the following
requirements have been met.
a. Numeric grades have been awarded in all six subjects registered for the IB diploma.
b. All CAS requirements have been met.
c. Grades A (highest) to E (lowest) have been awarded for both theory of knowledge and an extended
essay, with a grade of at least D in one of them.
d. There is no grade 1 in any subject.
e. There is no more than one grade 2 at higher level.
f. There are no more than two grades 2 at standard level.
g. Overall, there are no more than three grades 3 or below.
h. At least 11 points have been gained on higher level subjects (candidates who register for four higher
level subjects must gain at least 14 points at higher level).
i At least 8 points have been gained on standard level subjects (candidates who register for two standard
level subjects must gain at least 5 points at standard level).
j. The final award committee has not judged the candidate to be guilty of malpractice.
15.4 A maximum of three examination sessions is allowed in which to satisfy the requirements for the award of the
IB diploma.</p>
<p>I’m a rising senior and I just finished my first year of IB Bio. Like what everyone else said, they are very different. I tried self-studying for SAT II Bio but realized that it was going to be too time-consuming. I decided to take up the ACT instead because some universities don’t require SAT II’s if you take the ACT with Writing. I’m still going to take my SAT II’s but I’m not going to do Bio.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help mom! I was thinking about IB Bio because I’m going to be taking AP Bio. Why reinvent the wheel, lol ;)? </p>
<p>But you raised a very good point about researching a school’s strong subject areas. I know we have a strong physics department, and I kind of like physics, so maybe I’ll take IB Physics HL :).</p>
<p>The only lingering concern is the extended essay … oh gawd :(.</p>
<p>can you take you take both E and M or do you have to say on test day which one your taking? cuzz when i go to register for the test its just Bio E/M.</p>